{"id":510073,"date":"2026-01-07T19:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/510073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:08:12","slug":"dodgers-world-series-champion-outfielder-dfad-by-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/510073\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers World Series Champion Outfielder DFA&#8217;d by Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Justin Dean has been designated for assignment after a short time with the San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants made the move on Tuesday to complete the signing of right-hander Tyler Mahle to the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Dean was a part of the 2025 World Series roster, serving as a defensive substitute to help close out games in the ninth inning. He was also a pinch-runner due to his base-running I.Q.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-announce-exclusive-spring-training-experience-meet-greets-special-seats-more\/2026\/01\/06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers Announce Exclusive Spring Training Experience: Meet &amp; Greets, Special Seats, More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is most famously known for making the brilliant decision not play a ball that got stuck between the outfield ground and the wall.<\/p>\n<p>By rule, the play was deemed to be a ground-rule double, forcing the Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 base runners to only take two bases when both could have scored.<\/p>\n<p>Kik\u00e9 Hernandez ended up making a great catch in shallow left field and created a double-play by getting a force out at second base due to a mistake from the runner.<\/p>\n<p>After the game was over, manager Dave Roberts explained what happened on the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it was great, but as the rule is current, you want to play that ball, actually, and you can go back and replay the lodged ball,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asapsports.com\/show_interview.php?id=212113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roberts said.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he still was aware of it being lodged, and then the outfield umpire kind of blew it dead as well, so it worked out great, but certainly good awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers ended up winning Game 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays and taking home the crown for the second time in a row, in no small part due to Dean\u2019s knowledge of the game.<\/p>\n<p>More news:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/5-reasons-why-the-dodgers-should-pursue-blue-jays-star-bo-bichette\/2026\/01\/06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5 Reasons Why The Dodgers Should Pursue Blue Jays Star Bo Bichette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dean made the Dodgers roster due to his specialization skills, but in Triple-A, he showed promise\u2014slashing .289\/.378\/.431 and posting a 110 wRC+.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants likely saw this promise, along with a valuable skill set that does well in October, and claimed Dean off waivers when the Dodgers cleared a roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Giants have five days to find a trade for Dean, or he will be able to hit the open market as a free agent once the waiver process clears.<\/p>\n<p>He may get interest from other teams, but due to his heroics, he should always have a spot in the organization, in some capacity or another.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Justin Dean has been designated for assignment after a short time with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,39236,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-510073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-justin-dean","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115855393114730125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}